Flag holder



Patented F eb. 10, 1925.

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IVIL'LIAllI SOCHA, 0F CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS FLAG HOLDER.

Application filed'J'uly 14, 1924. Serial No. 725,796.

9. The socket 7. extends'clear through the To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that` I, WILLIAM SooHA,.a

vcitizen of the. United States, and resident of Chelsea, county of Suffolk. State ot ldassaohusettshave invented an .Improvement in Flag Holders, .of which the following description, in connection 'with the accompanying drawing, is. af specifiation, like characters on the drawing 'representinglike parts.

VThis invention relates to flag holders for automobiles and the like and it has for its object to -provide a novel flag holder of simple construction which can be readily clamped to the Windshield post, radiator -filling opening or some other part of an automobile and by means of which a yflag can be supported in different angular positions.

The device comprises a body member arranged to be clamped'to some part of the automobile, such for instance, as the windshield post, and a socket member adapted to receive the Hagstaii' and swivelled tothe body member so that it can be turned' in diierent angular positions. Suitable means are also provided. for retaining the socket member in its adjusted position.

In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which .Will now be described after'which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claim.

Fig. 1 is a view showing a portion of an automobile with my improved HagA holder secured thereto;

. Fig. 2 is a perspective View, of the-Hag holder;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the flag holder; l

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3;

The improved flag holder comprises a body member 1 and a socket member 2. The body member 1 is constructed to be clamped to the windshield post, the radiator nlhng opening or some other part of an automobile 4. In the drawings I have illustrated it as being clamped to the windshield post 3. For tlns purpose it is preferably made U-shaped as shown andis providedV with the two clamping jaws 5 adapted to embrace the windshield post 3 or some other support and to be clamped to said support by the clamping screw 6.

The socket member 2V is .provided with a socket 7 to receive the agsta 8 of a flag angular position.

socket member so that the fiagsta can be placed at any desired elevation and the flagstaff is clamped in position by means of a clamp 10 which is situated` inside of the socket 7 and is clamped against the flagstati' by means of a clamping screw 11.

The socket member 2 is swivelled to the body 1 so as to permit theag to be turned into diiierent angular positions. For this purpose the socket member is formed with a, stem 12 "which extends 'through and is swivelled in an opening 13 formed in the member 1, said stem constituting a pivot or axis about which the socket member can be turned. The socket member is shown as having a flat face 14 which rests against -a fiatface 15 formed on the member 1 there- 'by providing arm bearing for the socket member.

For holding the socket member in diii'erent angular positions the latter is provided with a positioning pin lwhich is adapted to enter into any one of a number of apertures 17 formed ilr the body 1.

The socket member is yieldingly held against the faoe 15 by means of a spring 18 which is herein shown as having one 's6 3 so as to free the pin 16`rom the aperture 17 then said socket member may be turned about the vstem 12 as an axis into a diferent When the flag has given the desired angular position the p in 16 may be rel entered into one of the apertures 17 thus locking the socket member in its adjusted position. Said socket member will be held locked in this position by the action of the spring 18 and the pin 16.

The device can be inexpensively made, it

'cani asily'clamped in position on the automobile, and after it is in place and the iag is located in the socketmember, the latter can be easily adjusted to place the flag at any desired angle.l

' sockets so that a In Fig. 1 the Hag lis shown in full lines with the agstai at about a 45 angle and in dotted lines the ilagsta' is shown as ex# tending vertically. The flag may be given as many other positions as there are apertures 17 and the member l may be provided with any desired number of apertures.

While I 4have shown in the drawings 'a socketmember adapted to hold a single flag vet it is within my invention to' employ a socket member having a plurality of plurality of flags may be retained thereby.

While I have illustrated herein a selected embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to the construetional features shown.

I claim.

A flag holder for automobiles and the like comprising a body member having two arms adapted to receive between them the windshield post, neck of the radiator filling opening or some other mobile, said body mem er having a flat vertically-extending face at one end, a clamping screw connecting said arms and by which they are 4clamped to the windart of the autoshield post or other part of the automobile, l

a socket member having a socket to receive a agstaff, and also having a flat; face bearing against the Hat face of the body member, said socket member having a stem extending through an aperture in said face,

yieldingly in the aper In testimony whereof-,I- have signed my i name to this specification.

WILLIAM SOCI-1A, 

